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• Breadfruit

  a Novel

  Vaite, Célestine Hitiura, 1966-

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  In the sequel to Frangipani, Materena Mahi begins planning for a fabulous wedding, receiving helpful advice from her friends and family, after receiving a wedding proposal from a drunken Pito--who may have forgotten his original proposal--all the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• America Is Not the Heart

  Castillo, Elaine,

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  After fleeing the Philippines, Hero De Vera arrives at her uncle's where she is given a fresh start. He asks no questions about her disturbing political past, but his daughter, the first American-born family member, is unable to resist her curiosity…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Namesake

  Lahiri, Jhumpa,

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  Meet the Ganguli family, new arrivals from Calcutta, trying their best to become Americans even as they pine for home. The name they bestow on their firstborn, Gogol, betrays all the conflicts of honoring tradition in a new world--conflicts that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pachinko

  Lee, Min Jin,

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  PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of Air

  a Novel

  Tsukiyama, Gail,

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  Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel's mother, Mariko,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Reasons End

  a Novel

  Li, Yiyun, 1972-

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  I had but one delusion, which I held onto with all my willpower: we once gave Nikolai a life of flesh and blood; and I'm doing it over again, this time by words.' In a world created outside of time, Li and the son who died talk about their lives.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Year Abroad

  Lee, Chang-rae,

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  Entertaining story of a young American whose life is transformed when a Chinese-American businessman suddenly takes him under his wing on a global adventure.

• The Best We Could Do

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Bui, Thi,

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  The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.

• All You Can Ever Know

  a Memoir

  Chung, Nicole,

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  Chung investigates the mysteries and complexities of her transracial adoption in this chronicle of unexpected family for anyone who has struggled to figure out where they belong. Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dawn Raid

  Smith, Pauline Vaeluaga,

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  After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.

• American Born Chinese

  Yang, Gene Luen

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  Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.

• The Leavers

  Ko, Lisa,

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  One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goodbye, Vitamin

  a Novel

  Khong, Rachel, 1985-

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  A few days after Christmas in a small suburb outside of L.A., pairs of a man's pants hang from the trees. The pants belong to Howard Young, a prominent history professor, recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Howard's wife, Annie, summons…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sympathizer

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles.

• Minor Feelings

  An Asian American Reckoning

  Hong, Cathy Park,

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  As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. She would later understand that these "minor feelings" occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality--when you believe the lies…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Last Boat Out of Shanghai

  the Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution

  Zia, Helen,

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  The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution--a precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today.

• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The People in the Trees

  Yanagihara, Hanya

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  Joining an anthropologist's 1950 expedition to discover a lost tribe on a remote Micronesian island, a young doctor investigates and proves a theory that the tribe's considerable longevity is linked to a rare turtle, a finding that brings worldwide…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tales of the Tikongs

  Hauofa, Epeli

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  Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threatens to demolish ancestral ways and the human spirit. From Sione, who prefers to play cards with his secretary during work hours, to Ole Pasifikiwei,…Read moreRead more of this annotation